Career

It’s a short post this week, as I thought I’d share something I’ve been thinking about a lot this week. It’s not a long thought, so there’s not much I can write, but it’s interested me all the same. Imagine the scenario. You’re a trainee teacher, meeting a class for the first time. Alternatively, you’ve […]

Well, hello! It’s the 9th November, and I’ve not written a blog since July. Have you missed me? Maybe, maybe not, but I’m back regardless. The difference? I’m no longer the undergraduate maths blogger, I’m blogging as a postgraduate! (The maths blog has been taken over by the lovely Lois, whose blogs I’m thoroughly enjoying. […]

An internship is a great opportunity to experience what it’s like working in the ‘real world’. It can help you confirm your aspirations and career goals, or make you realise that actually, you don’t want to be an Auditor. This week is my second week interning in London at a real estate company. I’ve been […]

It was my 20th last week, and whilst I’m officially no longer a teenager, I’ll always be a child at heart. Your 20’s are supposed to be some of your best years; ones where you start your career, find your soul mate and maybe even have children. I’ve been reading a lot of those ‘things to do […]

Dear University of Leicester, I have started and restarted this blog post two or three times now, in search of the right words to sum up my graduation experience. I couldn’t do it. It still doesn’t feel real yet. So, instead, I am writing to you to summarise my time here; to summarise the time […]

So… I’m finished? My degree is over? Just over two weeks ago I sat my last exam, and in doing so, completed my maths degree. I can’t quite process that fact, even now. Once the initial excitement was over, I didn’t know how to feel. My brain kept telling me I should be revising or […]

I recently wrote a blog in which I discussed my plans for the future. However, then, in my Varsity post, I hinted that things might have changed a tad. “How’ve they changed, Jess? What’s the new plan?”, I hear you cry. (Actually, I don’t, but let’s just pretend, for the sake of blog content!)

Happy 2015! New year, new start, and a new blogger for the maths department. I’m Jess, and as my profile will tell you, I’m a final year BSc Mathematics student, taking on the task of blogging as I head into the last few months of my degree. Scary thought…

I’m a Graduate. It’s so crazy the whole thing (even two weeks later) still feels very surreal, I guess it’s like with anything – you don’t just wake up the next morning and feel like you’re a completely different person – it just kind of hits you one day when you look back on […]